Business Arithmetic |
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annual balance Baldwin Locomotive bond bought bushel called capital stock cash cent of gross charges Chicago column commission compound interest compounded computing corporation cubic decimal point denominator deposit divided dividends division divisor dollars draft equivalent example excess of 9's exchange EXERCISES Find EXTENSION QUANTITY factory cost factory expense figure Find the amount Find the cost Find the total fraction Franklin National Bank graph gross profit Hence hundredweight income indorsement investment invoice June loss merchant method Milwaukee & St money order multiply National Bank net profit number of days number of units ORAL EXERCISES paid par value payable payment pound pound sterling preferred stock premium purchase received result sales summary selling expense selling price semiannually share shipment shows sold Solution square root subtracted trade discount weight whole number yard
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Page 399 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 401 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year...
Page 399 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 400 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 399 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 400 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) A bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches.
Page 134 - Put another way, if you construct squares on the edges of a right-angled triangle, the area of the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides.
Page 57 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 129 - The square root of a number is one of the two equal factors of the number.
Page 399 - WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds =1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T...